Cholecystokinin Expression in the Development of Myocardial Hypertrophy

Table 2

Body weight and echocardiographic evaluation of heart at 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12weeks after surgery.

	4 weeks	ACC	8 weeks	ACC	12 weeks	ACC
	Sham		Sham		Sham
BW (g)
HW/BW (mg/g)
LA (mm)
IVSd (mm)
LVDs (mm)
LVDd (mm)
LVPWd (mm)
LVEF (%)
LVFS (%)

Data was presented as the (SD). Sham: sham operation group; AAC: aortic artery constriction; BW: body weight; HW: heart weight; LA: left atrial diameter; IVSd: end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness; LVDd: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVDs: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVPWd: left ventricular end-diastolic posterior wall thickness; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVFS: left ventricular short-axis f-ractional shortening. , , compared with the time-matched sham groups.